Municipal Socio-Economic Profile

County:       Montour

Municipality: Cooper township





INCOME

Per Capita                                                       13,125

Household (median)                                               25,231

Family (median)                                                  28,542

  Married couple families (mean)                                 38,572

Female, no husb pres, w/children (mean)                          15,797





POVERTY

Families in Poverty (%)                                             5.8

 Families w/children in poverty (%)                                80.0

   Fmle,no husb prs,w/chldrn in pov.(%)                            25.0

Persons in Poverty (%)

  White                                                             7.3

  Black                                                             0.0

  Other race                                                        0.0

  Hispanic                                                          0.0

Persons 65 and over, in poverty (%)                                 1.8

  Pers 65 & over livg alone, in pov (%)                             0.0

Children (under 18) in poverty (%)                                  7.9





EDUCATION

Persons age 3 and over enrolled in school

  Pre-primary school                                                 10

  Elementary or High School                                         140

  College                                                            43



Total Persons age 25 and over

  Less than a High School Diploma (%)                              23.7

  High school grad (%)                                             76.3

  College grad (%)                                                 18.8





EMPLOYMENT

Employed persons age 16 and over                                    476

  Employed in manufacturing industry (%)                           23.9

  Employed in service industry (%)                                 49.2

  Unemployment rate - 1989                                          3.8

Families with no workers - 1989 (%)                                 9.3

  Mean Income                                                    14,185

Families with one worker - 1989 (%)                                35.9

  Mean Income                                                    33,277

Famls with two or more workers-1989 (%)                            54.8

  Mean Income                                                    41,585

Females age 16 and over

  In labor force                                                    226

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    3.5

Females age 16 and over, with children

  In labor force                                                     90

    Unemployment rate - 1989 (%)                                    1.4





OCCUPATION

Employed persons age 16 and over

  Managerial (%)                                                   18.1

  Sales and suppport (%)                                           22.5

  Service (%)                                                      23.5

  Farming (%)                                                       2.5

  Craft and Repair (%)                                             10.7

  Labor (%)                                                        22.7





Source:        Census of Population and Housing, 1990: Summary Tape File 3

Prepared by:   The Pennsylvania State Data Center, Penn State Harrisburg

Date Prepared: December, 1996